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♪ >> after wisconsin's stand off continued, ohio lawmakers this week moved a step closer to curbing union power in their state and the senate approved restrictions on collective bargaining and banned strikes by public sector workers and the move comes just as a new "wall street journal" poll finds 62% oppose efforts to strip government workers of their collective bargaining rights. so, is it a winner for republicans? or, have governors like wisconsin' scott walker, and ohio's john kasich overplayed their hands? we are back with dan headinger and steve moore and, opinionjournal's editor and i...

Right policy? >> it is and they have come around to policy that is more engaged and it is ashame they didn't -- they never pushed him to do the things to make it a smoother transition an at the same time, what you are seeing a new consciousness in egypt about democracy and i think this should be optimistic, they can carry it out. >> dan? >> i pretty much agree with this. one big caveat and i agree with what secretary clinton said about a speedy transition and matt as well, and, what i don't agree with and i think we should support the opposition, wholeheartedly as an extension of the bush doct...

>> i >> i urge the government and a broad and credible representation of egypt's opposition, civil societies and political factions would begin immediately, serious negotiations, on a peaceful and orderly transition. >> that was secretary of state hillary clinton on thursday, calling for an orderly and speedy transition of power in egypt. we're back with more on the crisis there. joining the panel, this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor, dan headinger, editorial board member, mat comiskey and mary o'grady and the administration is saying to hosni mubarak, time to go, righ...

You will see a lot of insurance companies collapse, i mean, it will be a very bad problem. >> dan, i want to ask you a political question. do you think the critics of the bill, republicans, conservatives are putting too much stock in the legal argument in the sense that if the supreme court -- we don't know what it will do, upholds obamacare in 2012 when the decision is likely to come down, that would be a huge boost for president obama's reelection campaign. are they putting too much hope in the legal argument and not enough in explaining why the bill is bad. >> i think they need to explain w...

Certain. joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist dan headinger, kim strassel. so you saw it pass the house. i was -- the thing that surprised me is how relatively little drama there was in the sense that they didn't have to break people's arms. they got -- only 13 republican defections. >> that's right. and they had votes to spare. we're see an entirely different story than we did on healthcare reform. >> why do you think that is? >> because healthcare reform failed, so republicans understand their very political lives depend on tax reform. so i think we're picking up the ...